Branchiopoda - Diplostraca - Lioestheriidae
Alternative spellings: Cyzicus (Lioestheria), Estheria (Lioestheria)
Parent taxon: Lioestheriidae according to P. E. Raymond 1946
See also Martens et al. 2005 and Tasch 1967
Sister taxa: Asmussinae, Lioestheriinae, Pseudestheria
Subtaxa: Lioestheria carinacurvata Lioestheria monticula Lioestheria ovata
Ecology: slow-moving nektobenthic suspension feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (4: Texas collections)
• Jurassic of United States (4: Colorado, Montana)
• Triassic of China (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Permian of Antarctica (1), Germany (1), Hungary (1), United States (1: New Mexico)
• Carboniferous of Canada (2: Nova Scotia), United States (1: Montana)
Total: 19 collections including 22 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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